Report: Maccabi will miss another pre-season tournament / News - Basketnews.com

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Yesterday, the Israeli team had to cancel its participation in the "bwin TOURNAMENT AGAINST COVID-19" hosted by Olympiacos Piraeus. According to Sports.Walla, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv will also skip the second friendly competition, the Neofytos Chandriotis 2021 tournament, due to COVID cases.

In order to gain experience in 5-on-5 basketball and prepare for the upcoming season, Maccabi agreed with two local rivals - Hapoel Eilat and Bnei Herzliya - to play training games in Israel in about two weeks, after the infected people can leave isolation and return to full team activity.

Maccabi is still one of the participants of the Pavlos Giannakopoulos tournament (September 18-19, Greece). On September 18 the Israeli powerhouse is scheduled to play against Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Athens.

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